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Common Hermit Crab

Common Hermit Crab by Lawson Wood Ocean Eye Films is in copyright

Common Hermit Crab with Limacea clavigera nudibranch on shell by Lawson Wood Ocean Eye Films is in copyright

Common Hermit Crab by Lawson Wood Ocean Eye Films is in copyright

Phylum: CRUSTACEA (HIGHER)
Kindom: Animalia
Size: finger length 3-11 cm
Habitats: rock and boulders,cobbles and pebbles,sand and gravel,mud,on other plants and animals,wreckage
Distribution: common
Depth: 0-10 m,10-25 m,25 m
Sightings: 16

Description: DID YOU KNOW: Hermit crabs don't grow their own shell? They inhabit empty marine snail shells and use them as their safe home to protect their soft bodies - until they get too big! They them must find a new home... even if that means taking a shell from another hermit crab!

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Hermit Crab 2009-10-04

Common Hermit Crab 1992-07-23

Common Hermit Crab 1992-07-02

Common Hermit Crab 1992-07-22

Common Hermit Crab 1992-07-23

Common Hermit Crab 1992-06-18

Common Hermit Crab 1992-06-18

Common Hermit Crab 1992-06-16

Common Hermit Crab 1992-07-22

Common Hermit Crab 1992-07-23

Common Hermit Crab 1992-07-23

Common Hermit Crab 1992-07-02

Common Hermit Crab 1992-07-22

Common Hermit Crab 1992-07-22

Common Hermit Crab 1992-06-18

Common Hermit Crab 1992-06-18